Adele brushes off engagement rumors
All's well in Adele's love life. So well, in fact, that she wants to have another baby.
During a pretaped appearance for Britain's “The Graham Norton Show,” the English singer addressed last month's last-minute postponement of her Las Vegas residency. That unexpectedly segued into hints about expanding her family. She's apparently planning to have a baby next year, presumably with her sports agent beau and rumored fiance, Rich Paul (who's doing great, by the way).
“I am trying to make a conscious effort to stop being so anal with my privacy. I'm trying not to be two completely different versions of myself. It is exhausting switching on and off,” the “Easy on Me” singer said on the show, which aired Friday in the U.K.
“I will be disappearing in terms of my music, but you might see a glimpse of me now and then, and I won't be in complete hiding. It takes me a while to recharge, and I would like to have more children — I only just feel like I've caught up with my sleep from nine years ago when I had my son.”
The singer's chat-show segment came on the heels of her Brit Awards appearance this week. Her hometown presence at the event lit up social media for two unanticipated reasons: She rocked an enormous diamond ring on her ring finger, fueling engagement rumors. And she raised eyebrows in her acceptance speech.
“I understand why the name of this award has changed, but I love being a woman and being a female artist,” she said at the gender-neutral ceremony. That led some critics to accuse her of being a trans-exclusionary radical feminist.
On Norton's show, the singer flashed her new jewel, prompting the host to ask if she was indeed engaged.
“If I was, would I ever tell anyone if I was or wasn't?” she said, remaining coy. The ultra-private star quietly married ex-husband Simon Konecki after the birth of their son, Angelo. Their divorce, however, led to her award-winning “30” album, but she said that although their family is separated, “We're nailing it and doing a really, really good job.”